Video: GIMP Essential Training: Welcome

(music playing) Hey there! My name is Justin Seeley. I'd like to welcome you to GIMP Essential Training. First off, we'll tackle the basics, like GIMP's interface and tools. From there, we'll move on to one of the most essential elements of GIMP: layers. Once we've nailed down layers, we'll move on to the fun stuff, like creating and using masks on your images. I'll show you how to use GIMP's various selection tools to grab a piece for your image, refine it, and then turn it into a mask to create composites, or simply make selective adjustments.

GIMP is a popular open-source image editor for Mac, Windows, and Linux that has slowly evolved to become a credible free alternative to programs like Adobe Photoshop. In this course, Justin Seeley shows how to translate basic image editing techniques to GIMP, such as cropping and resizing, selecting and masking, improving tone and contrast, and dedicates other chapters to retouching with the cloning and healing tools, creating illustrative effects with the paint and ink brushes, and working with text and paths. The final sections show you how to save time by automating tasks with macros and batch processing and how to print and save your work.

Topics include:

What is GIMP?

Performing nondestructive edits with layers

Exploring blend modes

Adjusting transparency

Making selections

Creating layer masks

Adjusting color and contrast with Curves, Levels, and other auto adjustments

Welcome

(music playing)Hey there! My name is Justin Seeley.I'd like to welcome you to GIMP Essential Training.First off, we'll tackle the basics, like GIMP's interface and tools.From there, we'll move on to one of the most essential elements of GIMP: layers.Once we've nailed down layers, we'll move on to the fun stuff, like creating and using masks on your images.I'll show you how to use GIMP's various selection tools to grab a piece for your image, refineit, and then turn it into a mask to create composites, or simply make selective adjustments.

Next we'll dive into manipulating images with levels and curves commands.I'm also going to show you how to do things like creating and editing vector paths, applyingtext to your designs,how to work with GIMP's painting tools, and how to speed up your workflow using some ofthe built-in automation features inside of GIMP.So if you're ready, let's begin our journey into GIMP Essential Training.

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Q: This course was updated on 09/04/2014. What changed?

A: We added a movie that explains why you can't achieve some of the effects shown in these tutorials in the Windows version of GIMP.
This is due to the fact some plugins have been removed since this
course was recorded. Watch the "IMPORTANT: Before we get started" to
learn more about how these changes will impact you.

Q: I don't have access to some of the tools and can't create some of effects shown in this course. What's wrong?

A: Unfortunately, some plugins have been removed from the Windows version of GIMP since this
course was recorded. Watch the "IMPORTANT: Before we get started" to learn more
about how these changes will impact you.

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